A BIG THANK YOU

The ASCILITE 2024 team would like to express gratitude to the more than 500 people that joined us in Melbourne and for everyone’s contributions which played a pivotal role in making the event a huge success.

From captivating keynote speeches to interactive workshops and vibrant networking sessions, every moment of the conference was an opportunity to broaden our horizons and deepen our understanding.

The energy and passion emanating from each participant was infectious, underscoring the collective commitment to driving positive change and innovation in our respective fields.

By the numbers ASCILITE 2024 was a record breaker

• 230 Submissions – 176 accepted
• 103 Papers,
  • including 30 Full Papers, and
  • 73 Concise Papers
• 43 Posters,
• 41 PechaKuchas,
• 12 Panels/Symposia, and
• 6 preconference workshops.

The conference proceedings
T. Cochrane, V. Narayan, E. Bone, C. Deneen, M. Saligari, K. Tregloan, & R. Vanderburg (Eds.), Navigating the Terrain: Emerging frontiers in learning spaces, pedagogies, and technologies. Proceedings ASCILITE 2024. Melbourne. [available online here]

 ASCILITE AWARDS 2024

Congratulations to the 2024 winners

• Ksenia Zavyalova, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, “Purple Superpowers”
• Sarah Tynan, Bond University, “UTI research Educational Design Research”

Community Fellow

• Danielle Logan-Fleming, Griffith University

Emerging Scholar

• Nhung Nguyen, University of Tasmania

Innovation Award

• Joel Moore (and team), Monash University – “ATLAS (Authentic Teaching and Learning Application Simulations”
• Ashley Howard Kerr (and team), Torrens University Australia, “Designing for Innovation in Psychological Science: A Technology-Enhanced Learning Pathway”

The Allan Christie ASCILITE Innovation Award

• Joel Moore (and team), Monash University

The Anthology Education Designer of the Year Award: in memory al Allan Christie
Not awarded this year

ASCILITE/CAULLT Award

• Bhavani Sridharan, Australian Catholic University
• Helen Partridge, Deakin University
• Liz Smith , University of NSW

ASCILITE Grants

            Early Career researcher

• Erika Spray, University of Newcastle, “Longitudinal evaluation of staff and student perceptions of simulation in ITE” 

          General Academic

• Bhavani Sridharan, Australian Catholic University, “Navigating Assessment Dilemmas in the Gen AI Era: The Paradox of Authenticity and Academic Integrity”

• Polly Lai, Southern Cross University “University student, teacher and learning designer perceptions of cognitive engagement and the impacts on online learning.”

Conference Best Poster

• Leanne Ngo (and Team), “Women Leading in the Third space – Leveraging LinkedIn to Build Professional Identity”.

Life Member

• Petrea Redmond
• Mark Schier

Many thanks to the members that attended the Awards Ceremony

TELall Blog post: Cognitive engagement and online learning in higher education

This blog post Professor Petrea Redmond (USQ) and  Stephanie M. Foote (Gardner Institute and Stony Brook University) focus on cogitative engagement, which, for most educators, is perceived to be the most important form of engagement, but yet there is less research on cognitive engagement in online learning environments compared to other forms of engagement. Read the blog post here.

Expressions of Interest invited in ASCILITE’s 2025-6 Women in Academic Leadership (WiAL) Program

Applications (Expressions of Interest) in the 2025-6 Women in Academic Leadership (WiAL) Program are now being accepted and are due by 9 December 2024. The Women in Academic Leadership Initiative aims to provide mentoring opportunities for academics at levels C and D (or equivalent), with mentors from Levels D and E. The initiative will bring together its members via a community approach to support each other to progress in academia. Applicants must be current members of ASCILITE and maintain their membership for the duration of the two-year initiative.

Both potential mentors and mentees are required to submit an EOI to express interest in the program and will be matched with a mentor or mentee in by the end of the year. The ASCILITE Women in Academic Leadership (WiAL) Program has been operating since 2021.  The benefits of participation in the initiative include Tips and advice on academic promotion from members; Seminars for mentoring on relevant topics suggested by the cohort; Expansion of skills, knowledge and experience such as communication, leadership, storytelling, visibility and strategic planning; and Opportunity for networking and to create contacts outside of the individual’s own workplace.

You will find full details of the program on the ASCILITE website here along with the application forms. Please contact Elaine Huber for further queries

CLOSING DATE: Thursday 12 December 2024